Random thoughts with some photography from the southeast part of Connecticut and beyond.

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Puppets

UCONN, Storrs, CT 2015

If you mention the University of Connecticut to anyone in this state and they immediately think of the outstanding women's and men basketball programs. But in addition to their athletic programs and academics, UCONN has a world renown program in the field of puppet arts. The university is the home to the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry. Recently the Puppet Arts Program hosted an international conference on puppet arts, which culminated with a pageant featuring some pretty fanciful puppets. I never knew you could get a BA degree in puppetry.

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Did you hear the barbershop chorus sing at the end of the pageant in the town square? I'm part of that group and actually directed the chorus for their performance. You might have heard me speak at the mic as part of the performance.

About Me

I'm a husband for 42 plus years now to my lovely wife, Michele and the very proud father of Jen and Mary. More recently, I'm now a grandfather to Colin and Clara! I'm employed as a chemist at Forma Therapeutics, trying to find the next greatest drug to treat cancer. In my spare time I enjoy digital photography, doing just about anything with my Macintosh computers and singing barbershop harmony. I enjoy the outdoors, a good baseball game, and Notre Dame Football.